i think this song has loads of references to 'gladiator' & the 2nd world war. the 1st time i heard it that was my 1st thought. apart from teh obvious mention of 'gladiators', the forest, the fire, roman, warriors & sword raised to the sky bits all remind me of the scene where maximus fights the germans in the wood. 'before the lord judges over all of us' and 'through the cornfields and lakes of blue water' to meet his wife and daughter is like the closing scene where maximus is going to heaven and you see him walking throuh fields to his wife and son. 'soldiers', '6 dark years' and victory bells are like references to ve-day at the end of ww2 where all the church bells rang for victory after 6 years of war. dunno if any of that makes sense to you. i guess it's what you read into it yourself.
i think this song has loads of references to 'gladiator' & the 2nd world war. the 1st time i heard it that was my 1st thought. apart from teh obvious mention of 'gladiators', the forest, the fire, roman, warriors & sword raised to the sky bits all remind me of the scene where maximus fights the germans in the wood. 'before the lord judges over all of us' and 'through the cornfields and lakes of blue water' to meet his wife and daughter is like the closing scene where maximus is going to heaven and you see him walking throuh fields to his wife and son. 'soldiers', '6 dark years' and victory bells are like references to ve-day at the end of ww2 where all the church bells rang for victory after 6 years of war. dunno if any of that makes sense to you. i guess it's what you read into it yourself.